Moreover, a lame-duck Senate session is hardly the place for momentous decisions about U.S. national security.

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As long as we're on the subject of fowl, let us not forget Peking duck, although be sure you go to a place that doesn't serve yesterday's holdovers, as some do.

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The lame-duck session of the outgoing Congress, which will take place after the election, may find a way to delay this reckoning briefly.

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Who sit on park benches and are reminded that wisdom, beauty and gentleness speaks in the guise of a duck who asks only to be given a little fresh water and a place to raise her young.

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Webber broke his duck last season by winning two grand prixs on his way to fourth place in the world drivers' championship -- results achieved despite breaking his leg in a cycling accident before the start of the season.

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